A rock cairn below Mohegan Bluffs

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A rock cairn on the beach below Mohegan Bluffs on Block Island. The beach faces the open Atlantic Ocean is is strewn with large rocks. People have built these rock sculptures all over the beach and along the bottom of the bluffs. Shot with a Nikon D5000 and a Nikon 18-55mm f3.5G lens.

The lagoon at Groton Long Point

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Groton Long Point is a borough of Groton, Connecticut. My parents purchased a house in GLP many years ago and it's become the "home port" or our family. Shooting this photo has become an annual summer rite. I have at least four or five versions of this photo, one for every recent summer trip to GLP. interestingly, they're all shot at roughly the same time of the morning, just after sunrise.

Shot with a Nikon D90 and a Nikon 80-200mm f2.8D ED lens.

Artist at Goose Neck Cove

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A local artist works on a painting at Goose Neck Cove, along Ocean Drive in Newport RI. Shot with a Nikon D90 and a Nikon 80-200 f2.8D ED lens.

Sunflowers at Buttonwood Farms

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Sunflowers in the evening sun at Buttonwood Farms in Griswald, CT. The farm plants fourteen acres of sunflowers as a fund raiser for the Make A Wish Foundation of Connecticut. They've raised over $300,000 through the sale of sunflower bouquets since 2004. Shot with a Nikon D90 and a Nikon 80-200mm f2.8D ED lens.